The French and Indian War put the British crown in debt. In order to increase revenues for the costs of defending the expanding British Empire‚ Britain taxed the colonies. It imposed the Sugar Act in 1764‚ and‚ one year later‚ it added the Stamp Act. Colonists protested the added taxes. The Stamp Act was repealed. Britain and France engaged in the French and Indian war. They were batting for land in North America. After British won the war‚ they gain possession of France. In another effort to raise
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writing and sometimes sewing. She married John Ross‚ an Anglican‚ in 1773‚ and she was expelled from the Friends Meeting for marrying outside the meeting. John and Betsy started a upholstery business together. John was killed in January 1776 on militia duty when gunpowder exploded at the Philadelphia waterfront. Betsy continued to work at the shop by herself. In 1777 Betsy married Joseph Ashburn‚ a sailor‚ who had the bad luck of being on a ship captured by the British in 1781
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homas Paine was born on the twenty-ninth of January 1737 at Thetford‚ Norfolk in England‚ as a son of a Quaker. After a short basic education‚ he started to work‚ at first for his father‚ later as an officer of the excise. During this occupation Thomas Paine was an unsuccesfull man‚ and was twice dismissed from his post. In 1774‚ he met Benjamin Franklin in London‚ who advised him to emigrate to America‚ giving him letters of recommandation. Paine landed at Philadelphia on November 30‚ 1774. Starting
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men; the British lost more than 1‚000. Salem was credited with the shot that killed British Major John Pitcairn. Salem re-enlisted in 1776 and fought at Saratoga and Stony Point. General George Washington forbade blacks from soldiering. After Virginia’s governor‚ Lord Dunmore‚ freed slaves to serve the British‚ Washington reversed his own orders‚ and in January 1776‚ Salem re-enlisted. After the war‚ Salem built a cabin near Leicester‚ Massachusetts‚ and worked as a cane weaver. He died in the Framingham
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America’s Gift To My Generation America’s gift to my generation is freedom‚ America is now a symbol of freedom. Ever since July 4‚ 1776 America has been free. The most recognized laws for freedom in America is the original ten amendments. The first amendment states that you have the right of freedom of speech. That basically says you can’t say whatever you want and you can’t be criminalized for it. That is one gift America has given to my generation out of many. Another amendment probably the most
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1‚ 1752. In 1764 Betsy began working for John Webster to learn the trade of upholstery. In 1773 Betsy eloped with John Ross and in 1775 they started their own upholstery business. In 1776 John Ross died of a wound from an explosion and left Betsy a widow. According to William Canby (Betsy Ross’s grandson) in late 1776 George Washington came by her shop along with George Ross her late husband’s uncle‚ Robert Morris a wealthy landowner and a sketch of a new American flag. Betsy sewed the flag in her
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exemplified. These authors elaborated on how marriage has currently been deemed the suffocation model and the positive and negative connotations this type of marriage consists of was brought to light. A brief view of the different eras of marriage from 1776 to present are shown as well as how each era fits in with Maslow’ hierarchy of needs. The purpose of marriage throughout American history has shifted from helping your spouse meet economic and political needs to fulfilling intimacy needs to helping
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were written to oversee the 13 original states after breaking away from Great Britain in 1776. The articles of confederation failed for many reasons. The main reason was that the states had too much power leaving the federal government weak. There was no one person in charge‚ there was no executive branch. Congress didn’t have any power; decisions had to be approved by all 13 states. Drafted during the years 1776 and 1777‚ while the colonists were still fighting for independence‚ the Articles of Confederation
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There are many turning points throughout time in American History. For an example‚ civilization is constantly changing and adapting to new times and situation. One of the major turning points that led to political‚ social and economic changes was the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This changed the course of American history. This led to United States independence from Britain. What this declaration established was a basic natural rights to all Americans. This document is relevant
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APUSH 1st Quarter Paper Research Many religious groups journeyed to America to form one of the original thirteen colonies on the basis of their religious beliefs. Although the plan was to escape persecution‚ there was some amount of persecution happening in the colonies as they brought the circle of hatred back round – one gets hurt so they hurt another. In this paper I will discuss the religions that came out of the three main sects: Judaism‚ Roman Catholic and Protestants; and how act
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